Linotype-machine.



Y J. B. BELL.

LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 12, 1905.

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iv I l w PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

UNITED STATES JEROME B. BELL, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

LlNOTYPE-MACHINE.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

x'atenteo. July 3, 1906.

} Application filed December 12, 1905. Serial No. 291,476.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEROME B. BELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wilmington, county of Newcastle, State of Delaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Linotype-Machines,

' of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to means for automatically stopping a typographic machine when the gal ey is full or when the mat- I ter in the galley has reached a predetermined amount.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the invention inconnection with a Mergenthaler linotype-machine, to which it is especially adapted, although it may be applied to other composing-machines.

Figure 1 of the drawings shows in front elevation a portion of a linotype-machine to which myinvention is applied, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of Fig. 1.-

In the linotype-machine as illustrated, for instance, in United States Patent N0. 436,532 to Ottmar Mergenthaler there is provided means for automatically stopping the machine in the eventof anything occurring to prevent the proper presentation of the matrices to close the mold. This mechanism, which is fully described in lines '3 to 54, page 11, of the patent, operates to disconnect the driving-clutch when the yoke which carries the matrices fails'to descend so as to bring the matrices into register with the moldopening.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, N indicates a vertically-movable yoke which carries the matrices to the casting position, and a indicates a vertically-movable rod which normally is raised into the path of the yoke bya spring a. When the yoke carries the matrices into proper position for casting, it contacts with the up er end of the rod a and moves the said ro downward, in which case the casting takes place as usual. If the yoke for any reason is prevented from reach- 1ng itscasting position, the rod 0/ will not be carried down, and in consequence the driving-clutch will be thrown open and the machine stopped. It is thought unnecessary to illustrate and describe the stopping mechanism in the present case, as it is fully illustrated and described in the patent to Morgenthaler above mentioned.

It sometimes happens that the operator will fail to notice when the galley is full of slugs, with the result that a number of slugs are dumped upon the floor and more or less injured, involving delay in picking them up, sorting, and rearranging them and sometimes in recasting them. To avoid this difiiculty, I provide means for automatically-stopping the machine when the galley is full, and instead of providing special connections to the driving-clutch I avail myself of the connections which are operated by the-yoke N and the rod a, which are shown in the Mergenthaler patent.

The galley 1 is provided with a preceder or movable holder 2, of suitable construction, against which the slugs or type-bars 3 rest. The preceder slides in the galley in advance of the line of slugs, the latter being pushed to the left one by one as they are ejected from the mold into the galley through the vertical slot 4.

Above the galley at its'left end is a lever 5, which for convenience may be pivoted on the shank of the clamp 6. The lever 5 is provided with an arm 7, extending into the path of the preceder 2. I prefer to pivot the arm 7 to the lever, in order that it maybe moved to one side, as indicated in dotted lines, to facilitate taking the slugs out of the galley or for arresting the action of the automatic stop, if so desired. As shown, the arm 7 is pivoted to the lever at 8, and its upper end has an inturried point 9, which springs into an 0 ening in the lever to hold the arm yielding y in line with the lever. end of the lever 5 is a bar 10, the right en which is adapted to move under the'yoke N and prevent it from moving down to its lowermost position when the lower end of the le- .ver 5 is rocked to the left. As shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the galley is filled with slugs to the desired limit, and it will be evident that the addition of one or two slugs will cause the preceder 2 to move to the left sufiiciently to throw the bar 10 under the yoke N. On attempting to cast another line the yoke N will be prevented from bringing the matrices properly to the mold, the rod or. will remain in its up er position, and the machine will therefore be thrown out of operation.

It will be evident that my present invention may be embodied in many different forms and that it is not necessarily limited to the linotype-machine in connection with which it is illustrated, but may be a lied to t ographic machines generally. e spe- Gonnected to the upper c c mechanism illustrated, however, is very simple, and it can be applied to a commercial linotype-machine at trifling cost without changing any parts at present in the machine.

Having described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a typographic machine, the combination with a galley, of an automatic stop mechanism adapted to be operated by the accumulated matter in the galley.

2. In a typographic machine, the combination with a galley, of a preceder against which the product of the machine is assembled, and means adapted to be operated by said preceder for automatically stopping the machine when a predetermined amount of matter has been assembled in the galley.

3. In a linotype-machine, the combination with the yoke N and with means for automatically stopping the machine when the yoke fails to reach its casting position, of a galley, and means for obstructing the movement of said yoke to casting position, said means being adapted to be operated by the accumulation of type-bars in the galley.

4. In a linotype-machine, the combination with the yoke N and with means for automatically stopping the machine when the yoke fails to reach its casting position, of an obstructing-piece 10 movable into and out of the path 0 the yoke, a part movable by the accumulated matter in the galley, anda connection between said piece and said part, for the purpose set forth.

5. In a-linotype-machine, the combination with the yoke N and with means for automaticall stopping the machine when the yoke fai s to reach its casting position, of a lever having an arm adapted to be operated by the movement of the accumulated matter in the galley, and a part 10 connected with said lever and movable into and out of the path of the yoke.

6. In a linotype-machine, the combination with the yoke N and with means for automatically stopping the machine when the yoke fails to reach its casting position, of an obstructingpiece ada ted to be moved into and out of the path 0 the yoke, a lever connected with said obstructing-piece and a part movably connected to said lever and adapted to be thrown into and out of position to be operated by the accumulated matter in the galley.

7. In a linotypemachine, the combination with the yoke N and with means for automatically stopping the machine when the yoke fails to reach its casting position, of the clamping-shank 6, the lever pivoted thereon, and means connected with said lever for intercepting the yoke, said lever being adapted to be operated by the accumulated matter in the galley.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEROME B. BELL. Witnesses:

JosEPH HI MARTIN, JAMES F..MoIvoR. 

